📋 Mapping Codebases

Generate navigable code maps for unfamiliar codebases. Use when exploring a new codebase, needing to understand project structure, or before diving into code modifications. Extracts exports/imports via AST (tree-sitter) to create _MAP.md files per directory. Triggers on "map this codebase", "underst

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npx playbooks add skill oaustegard/claude-skills --skill mapping-codebases

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Generate navigable code maps for unfamiliar codebases. Use when exploring a new codebase, needing to understand project structure, or before diving into code modifications. Extracts exports/imports via AST (tree-sitter) to create _MAP.md files per directory. Triggers on "map this codebase", "underst. This skill provides a specialized system prompt that configures your AI coding agent as a mapping codebases expert, with detailed methodology and structured output formats.

Compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any agent that supports custom system prompts.

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Generate navigable code maps for unfamiliar codebases. Use when exploring a new codebase, needing to understand project structure, or before diving into code modifications. Extracts exports/imports via AST (tree-sitter) to create _MAP.md files per directory. Triggers on "map this codebase", "underst

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